 On 6 February 1542 a bill of attainder against Queen Catherine and Lady Rochford received final reading, and on 13 February 1542 the Queen and Lady Rochford were beheaded on Tower Green.The King was of the view that there was as much reason to convict the Dowager Duchess of treason as there had been to convict Dereham.However the Council urged leniency, and she was eventually released from the Tower on 5 May 1542.